Thursday, August 29, 2024

Thunder in Muncie Review 2024! DIESEL Motorsports

Since 2001 Thunder in Muncie was a delight this year with 70s temps and beautiful weather at the always fun Gaston Lion's Club Park in Indiana! I want to thank the crew at the Gaston Lion's Club Park along with the DM crew for putting on a laid back fun event with lots of families watching trucks in the show-n-shine show, truck dirt drags and the sled pull!

This park with 100 year old oak trees provides a perfect setting for the family friendly environment where the first ever diesel only event was held in 2001. The Lion's Club has managed the park since 1953 and has made vast improvements since they were closed down for COVID. The park now has new grandstands, new lights, new sound system, remodeled clubhouse and rebuilt track.



The track has new dirt that is modeled for circle dirt track, demolition derby, dirt drags, and sled pulling among many other activities. With their remodeled park is also new fencing and resurfaced areas for parking and vendors.



It makes for a perfect place to hold a truck show with fairground like settings for our yearly Thunder in Muncie event.

Yes, after being closed for a few years it is hard to find the right date and time to rebuild an event but in order to keep our diesel heritage DIESEL Motorsports has decided to invest the funds for this event. In the near future we have plans for the park.



We could have not asked for better weather for this event especially for August! The work crew with Gaston Lions Club Park made us a perfect venue for the truck show, dirt drags, and sled pull. Many trucks competed in all three activities with a small break during dinner hours (4-6pm) which gave everyone time to listen to local entertainment plus enjoyed the food prepared by the Lions Club.



The largest class for dirt drags and sled pulling was the street trucks which DIESEL Motorsports specializes in since that who buys our sponsor's products the most. It is fun to see many different street trucks and what people has done to their trucks for performance and longevity.



DIESEL Motorsports own Ceili Fields sang with the entertainment and the National Anthem before the sled pull. Ceili has been with us for 14 years starting at 17 years old as a DIESEL Motorsports girl, and now can do most every function. Many have seen her yearly at the PRI Show in Indianapolis in December.

Look for more announcements regarding this yearly event at the fall industry shows.

Winners are listed below along with some photos - more to come! Give us a couple of days it takes a while to process them.

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Thunder in Muncie 2024 Winners
Mothers Truck Show
Best of Show
Mason Wright – 1970 Suburban, Duraburb
Best Dodge
Jesse Buckler – 2006 Dodge Ram 2500, The Bandit
Best DMax/GMC
Nate Jackson – 2016 Chevy Dmax 2500
Best Ford
Kaeden Callahan – 1996 F350 XLT, “Shania”
Best Work Truck
Justin Hartzog – 1992 Dodge D250
Best Engine
Kade Gaither – 2006 GMC Dmax 2500, Triple Turbo
Best lifted Truck
Glen Losey – 2018 Ford F250, “KR”
Best SUV
Scott Johnson – 1988 Chevy Suburban 6.2, White Bull
Best Jeep
Cameron Bair – 2010 Jeep Wrangler Cummins Swap

Sled Pulling
3.0 Class
William Christepher – 1998 Dodge “Easy Money” – 309.32
Jordan Jackson – 1997 Dodge Ram “Billet Steel & Sex Appeal – 288.99
Gregg Temple – 1996 Dodge Ram 2500 “Resurrection” 281.23
2.6 Class
Brad Snowden – 1996 Dodge Ram “Adicted” 217.05
Open Class
Mason Wright – 2007 GMC Dmax 323.27
Evan Klink – 293.12
Carter Smith – 2002 Dodge Ram, Killer Diesel 254.99
Hot WS Class
Randy Malcolm – 2006 GMC 2500 309.82
Jacob Griffith – 2006 GMC Serria 275.41
Bob Thornburg – 2003 Chevy 2500 249.23

Dirt Drags (Koi)
Classes:
Hot Gas
1st Mike Helgesen
2nd Rod Heyes
3rd Brandon Mitchell
Mod Diesel
1st Zeb Rype
2nd Dale Clifford
3rd Johnny Tyger
Hot Street Diesel
1st Kenzey Scott
2nd Dustin
3rd Justin Gray
Workstock Diesel
1st Justin Gray
2nd Dustin
3rd Joey Pittman
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